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Split Works 开功 呈现：
费城唱作诗人Kurt Vile and the Violators 中国巡演

Vile的魅力、个性与想象力，成就了足够令众人为之倾倒的音乐之声，令听者置身于弥漫的微尘薄雾之中。 ——英国《卫报》

Vile妙笔一挥，奇妙的魔力在词里行间流淌开来，这极具吸引力。——Pitchfork

来自美国的天才唱作人Kurt Vile以一把明亮清脆的吉他和温柔慵懒的唱腔，自在从容地勾勒出平凡生活中的吉光片羽，赋予听者舒缓人心的神奇力量。2013年的专辑《Wakin on a Pretty Daze》是他巅峰时期的代表作；传奇乐队Sonic Youth女主唱Kim Gordon是他的头号粉丝，评价他“年轻的身体中居住着沧桑的灵魂。”受Split Works开功邀请，Kurt Vile将于10月携同伴奏乐团The Violators，带着治愈人心的美式民谣来到上海和北京，展开激动人心的首度中国巡演。

Kurt Vile的音乐之旅始于父亲送给他的班卓琴，2005年与Adam Granduciel共同成立迷幻民谣乐队The War on Drugs，2008年离团发展个人事业。自同年推出首张个人作品《Constant Hitmaker》起，Kurt就以泉涌不断的创作才情，不足8年就交出了质量俱佳的6张专辑，博得摇滚老将Thurston Moore（Sonic Youth）和J Mascis（Dinosaur Jr.）的情有独钟。

Kurt Vile早期作品中浪漫的低传真民谣气息，隐约透露着Pavement、Neil Young等前辈的深远影响。在伴奏乐团The Violators加入录音和巡演后，丰富多变、饱满又充满灵光的器乐装点更加令人沉醉，他的创作风格也逐渐向“欢愉而迷眩”过渡，并逐渐定型。Kurt于近几年发行的两张专辑《Smoke Ring for My Halo》和《Wakin on a Pretty Daze》分别收获了乐媒的压倒性好评，前者成功跻身2011年Billboard榜单Top 200，后者又一次被Pitchfork评为“最佳新专辑”，NME、Drowned in Sound争相为这张杰作写下详尽报道。

Kurt的真正突破发生在2015年，最新专辑《b'lieve i'm goin down...》通过Matador Records发行，随着热门单曲《Pretty Pimpin》席卷各大榜单，不计其数的赞誉接踵而来，他再次受到了Sonic Youth女主唱Kim Gordon的赞扬，称他为“独立摇滚界最具天赋的吉他手”。

10月14日，上海的星期五。10月16日，北京的星期天。我们与你一起，抵达灵魂深处。

演出信息

上海站

日期：2016年10月14日 星期五

时间：20:30

场馆：浅水湾文化艺术中心一楼大剧场

地址：宜昌路179号，近江宁路

嘉宾：Uncle Hu

票价：260 RMB(预售) / 300 RMB (现场)

*预售将于2016年10月14日，中午12点结束！

相关链接：

Kurt Vile 官网：www.kurtvile.com    

Split Works开功官网：www.spli-t.com

关于Split Works：

Split Works开功 是一家基于上海和北京的外资音乐演出公司，一直与诸多国际品牌进行合作，始终围绕音乐、品牌、创意和青年文化组织和推广各类活动。2006年成立至今，Split Works共推出了5个音乐节品牌、覆盖30座城市的400多场巡演，并一直坚信并实践着：每一次音乐都必须是独特的。从Godspeed You! Black Emperor 到Sonic Youth，从Thee Oh Sees到Mac Demarco和Shabazz Palaces，从“黑兔”到《觉》音乐+艺术节、从无解周末到混凝草音乐节。我们热爱音乐，我们热爱中国，我们爱你。

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Split Works Presents:
Kurt Vile and the Violators

“Vile has charm, character and imagination enough to elevate his fully reclined, dusty-haze style to something really special. – The Guardian

“Compelling as Vile’s words can be, much of the magic lies in his delivery.” – Pitchfork

Kurt Vile is a bonafide indie-folk mastermind.

His soaring solo career, buoyed by the critical acclaim that greeted 2015’s b'lieve i'm goin' down…, has bought him a newfound mainstream visibility, one he wears with nonchalant ease. Vile’s evocative, dreamy, finger-picked acoustic tunes are freighted with compelling word-play, and a floating forcelessness that folds itself around you. Their melodies nestling snugly in your mind. His songs – candid, and brilliant and focused – are almost like folk hymns. Seemingly timeless, yet always of the moment. Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon is a big fan. “He’s a man with an old soul.”

On stage, alongside his band the Violators, the laid-back, wavy-haired Vile is tender and evocative, elusive but companionable. “Tough in the gut but giddy in the head.”

Float away Friday, October 14 in Shanghai and Sunday, October 16 in Beijing.

Kurt Vile’s musical career started with lo-fi home recordings, often in collaboration with singer Adam Granduciel. The two subsequently formed the indie rock band The War on Drugs and released their debut studio album, Wagonwheel Blues, in 2008. At the same time, Kurt began seeding his solo career, with his debut Constant Hitmaker (2008) on Gulcher Records.

Two more well-received albums followed in 2009 - God Is Saying This to You...and Childish Prodigy, and Vile’s music slowly began to take the woozy, beguiling form it holds today – with the support of his backing band The Violators. By this point, Vile was a true cult artist – recommended by indie record shops and tastemakers the world over. 2011’s Smoke Ring for My Halo even sneaked in to the Billboard Top 200.

By the time Kurt’s fifth studio album, the radiant Walkin on a Pretty Daze, was released in 2013, he was an indie institution unto himself. “Best New Music” on Pitchfork. Loving coverage in NME and Drowned in Sound. Daze.. made a number of ‘Best of the Year’ lists, and was described as his “most spacious, becalmed record yet’.

2015’s b’lieve I’m going down, on the seminal Matador Records, was Kurt’s breakout moment – if he ever needed one. Sonic Youth frontwoman and countercultural hero Kim Gordon called him one of “indie rock’s most gifted guitarists.” The album won more accolades than this press release can accommodate, including a chart-topping single (“Pretty Pimpin”)

We’re beyond excited that Kurt Vile is finally making his China debut. Friday, October 14 in Shanghai and Sunday, October 16 in Beijing. It’s going to be moody, drifting, echoic, profound.

Cue sunset.

Kurt Vile and the Violators 2016 China Tour Information:

Shanghai

Date and Time: 14th October Friday 20:30
Venue: QSW Culture Center Q-Hall (浅水湾文化艺术中心一楼大剧场)
Address: 179 Yichang Road, next to Jiangning Road (宜昌路179号， 近江宁路)
Tickets: 260RMB (Presale) // 300RMB (Door)
Support: Uncle Hu

* Pre-sales end on 12 noon, Oct.14th, 2016

Links

Split Works official website：www.spli-t.com

Kurt Vile official website: www.kurtvile.com    

Kurt Vile on KEXP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyiiwNHAC8M

About Split Works:

Split Works has been rocking in the free (ish) world since 2006. Working with inspirational artists from across the globe, the good people at Split Works HQ have been a key contributor to the continued rise of China’s music scene.

Split Works has launched five music festivals and promoted over 400 tours to 30 Chinese cities, always striving to stay true to a familiar refrain: the music has to be special, every single time. From Godspeed You! Black Emperor to Sonic Youth, from Thee Oh Sees to Mac Demarco and Shabazz Palaces, from Black Rabbit to JUE and Wooozy to Echo Park and More Music. We love music, we love China and we love you.